Trousers-hanger.



No. 632,077. Patented Aug. 29, |899. F. B. WHITLUCK.

TROUSERS HANGER.

(Application led Feb. 3, 1899.)

(No Model.)

FREDERICK B. VVHITLOOK, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALFTO W. VVITOHER KEEN, OF SAME PLACE.

TROUSERS-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,077, dated August29, 1899. Application iiledrehrnary 3, 1899. Serial No. 704,384. (Nomodel.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK B. WHIT- LOCK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTrousers-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, andhighly efficient and convenient device for suspending pantaloons andholding the same in shape.

It consists of a certain combination and arrangement of parts whereinthe lower ends of the pantaloons-legs are held when the device is inuse, as will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof andon which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure lis a perspective view illustrating the apparatus in use as it appearswith one pair of trousers hung therein; Fig. 2, a top or plan view ofthe apparatus separately, one of the clamps being raised ready toreceive the trousers; Fig. 3, an under side plan; Fig. 4, a transversesectional view as seen from the dotted line 4 4 in Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 aview of the rear side of the base-plate- In said drawings the portionsmarked A represent the base-plate, B and C the arms, and D the pivotedcam-bars.

The base A is adapted to be secured to the wall of the closet, orWherever it is desired the article shall be placed, by means of screwss, passing through suitable openings therein provided to receive thesame. In its face it is provided with grooves of appropriate form, intowhich the rear ends of the bars B and O are inserted. The grooves forthe arms B are square grooves, and rivet portions b extend through holesin the plate A and are riveted on the back side thereof. The said arms Bare wide and at and the trousers-legs are forced against the sidesthereof when the apparatus is in use. Said arms are rigidly secured tothe base A.

The arms C are preferably secured to the base-plate A by a dovetailedformation and extensions c, passing through said plate. These arms arenarrower than the arms B and have on their under sides eyes e, whichreceive the pivots p on the cam-clamps.

Thecam-clamps D have arms terminating in pivots p projecting from theirunder sides, said pivots being adapted to pass into the eyes on the armsC, whereby the same are held. At the rear ends these cam-clamps approachclosely to the plate A, (preferably being provided with projections 61,)so that after the arm carrying them is inserted in place said cam-clampscannot be removed, notwithstanding that they are not provided with anyfastening devices, but havetheir pivots resting loosely in the eyesprovided to receive them. The work of assembling is thus muchsimplified, as it is only necessary to place the yparts in properposition, when they become self -locking, and by slightly riveting theprojections b and c the structure becomes strongly united together.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, in a trouserslsupport, of a base-plate adapted to besecured to a wall, clamp-bearing arms projecting therefrom, clampspivoted to both sides of said clamp-bearing arms, and other arms alsoprojecting from said base-plate alongside said clamps and adapted tocooperate therewith to clamp the garment to be supported, substantiallyas set forth.

2. rlhe combination, in a trousers-support, of a base-plate,clamp-carrying arms having eyes therein, and pivoted clamps having armsterminating in pivots which enter said eyes, said parts being arrangedwhen assembled with the ends of the pivotedclamps near the base-plate,whereby they are prevented from escaping from .their bearings,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a trousers-support, of a base-plate containingseats or grooves for arms, arms mounted in said seats or grooves andthus connected to said baseplate, and pivoted clamps pivoted to theopposite sides of each alternate projecting arm and adapted to bearagainst the adjacent sides of the other arms, substantially as setforth.

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4. The combination, in a trousers-support, of a base-plate having seatsor grooves, arms having rivet proj eetions whereby they are securedtherein, other arms having dovetail ends situated intermediate said armsand entering and held by corresponding dovetailed grooves or seats insaid base, and pvoted clamps mounted upon said last-mentioned arms andadapted to clamp and support the 1o trousers when placed betweenthemselves and the rst-mentioned arms, substantially as set forth. 1

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis,Indiana, this 26th day of January, A. D. 1899.

FREDERICK B. W H I'ILOCK.

Witnesses:

CHESTER BRADFORD, JAMES A. WALSH.

